hi
http://www.nebenton.org the platform for sharing ringtones is online
[sorry for cross-posting]
my 'new media'-class is realizing a web-project about ringtones. its intention is to give everybody a space to share her/his selfmade ringtones and - in opposition to commercial ringtone providers - where everybody can download ringtones for free.
ringtones are obviously not the most relevant thing in the world, but in fact there are companies, which earn millions by selling ringtones. they already became a big part of the music business economy. this is also supported by standards like drm (digital rights management), which give the content-providers control over when and how often a user can play/view/print a content-file on her/his mobile device. (visit: http://www.odrl.net for more info)
most of the ringtones are nerve-killing or just stupid. but these sounds are most played and heard in public. they are strongly involved in our everyday life in such a banal manner, that they haven't been discussed yet.
for the above reasons we started the project www.nebenton.org. it is still in testing-phase and so we need many testers and ringtones-composers. i assume that most of you pd-users are involved in creating sounds and noises somehow (am i wrong? ;-)) so i would really appreciate if you find the time to create nice and adequat sounds to share.
suddenly, www.nebenton.org is only in german. please have look at this very short dictionary: ;-) raufladen --> upload runterladen ---> download
i'm excited to hear your ringtones....
cheers roman